Early the next morning, Naoki relaxedly stretched, got up and took a shower. He planned to find a place to test Senbonzakura's abilities after breakfast. Moreover, he would also need to learn more sword skills or kenjutsu from now on.
Before receiving the system, Naoki's talent was not really high. He was just a transmigrant, and he looked at this world a little differently. Moreover, he knew the general plot of the Naruto world and the principles of learning some ninjutsu. Since childhood, he put in more effort than others, naturally, he was able to stand out from the group of children.
But although Naoki spent all his time and energy training and completing missions in the past, he wasn't particularly keen on swordsmanship. What he was good at was ninjutsu and taijutsu. The raiton technique he used in the mission to retrieve Hinata was just a modified and slightly improved Chidori.
As for Chidori itself, Naoki naturally learned it from Kakashi. Nowadays, he and Kakashi can generally be considered good friends.
"Now that I have a system, I can finally have a good rest," Naoki said happily as he walked down the street.
Naoki trained hard and constantly carried out various missions. He already had many hidden injuries. Especially at the end of the Third Shinobi World War four years ago, he suffered an extremely serious injury. He was later treated by Tsunade, but he overextended his life force to recover.
Now, naturally, he just wants to relax, and not constantly get injured and run around the world, completing missions.
"Wow, there's a tense atmosphere today!" Naoki, who had bought a few buns on the street, suddenly felt that something had changed invisibly.
Ever since he left the house, he had vaguely heard people talking. It seemed to have something to do with the Hyuga clan and the Land of Lightning.
"Well, it seems like what happened last night isn't over yet. I wonder if it will go the same way as the original story?" Naoki thought for a moment.
But he didn't care about such things: he wasn't qualified to interfere with the fate of Neji's father, Hyuga Hizashi. And he didn't want to get into troubled waters, he just needed to rest and recuperate, his powers weren't yet at the level where he could interfere with other people's affairs.
Even during the Nine-Tails' attack, Naoki did not intervene in any way.
Although Naoki was at home recovering from his injury at the time, he really couldn't take care of the Fourth Hokage and his wife. But if he wanted to, he could have found a way to warn the Fourth.
After all, he was the one who helped him get promoted. When Naoki became a genin, he met the Fourth Hokage, who recommended him to become a chunin.
But Naoki did nothing to save the Fourth Hokage and affect the future plot, because until he was strong enough, all the unknown changes could bring an unexpected disaster. And in order not to affect the overall situation, Naoki did nothing.
Moreover, at that time, he also understood that even if he told the Fourth about it, he would most likely not believe his words, and this could ultimately attract some suspicion to his person and cause problems.
As for guilt, Naoki didn't feel guilty. In this world where people can be resurrected after death, if they are strong enough, they will definitely be able to change their fate.
While thinking, Naoki had already reached the wasteland. He was almost outside Konoha territory, and there was no one here, here he could calmly try out Senbonzakura's abilities without being caught.
Naoki stood in front of a huge boulder, about the size of a grown man. With a single thought, the chakra instantly condensed and turned into a Zanpakutō, which he held in his hand.
He raised his Zanpakutō, holding it vertically in front of him and whispered, "Bloom! Senbonzakura!"
As the sound faded, the blade of the Zanpakutō in Naoki's hand slowly turned into tiny blades that reflected the light, looking like cherry blossom petals.
Thousands of thin blades turned into a pink stream and under the control of Naoki's thoughts, they obediently flew in the air.
"Forward!" Naoki whispered, and the pink stream quickly crashed onto the boulder.
Boom!
The boulder shattered into tiny pieces, destroyed by the pink stream!
After the blades destroyed the boulder, Naoki gave a mental command and all the blades quickly returned, turning back into the Zanpakutō blade.
"Not bad, not bad, is this the power of Senbonzakura's Shikai? A normal Doton technique like an earthen wall won't stop such an attack," Naoki noted with satisfaction.
As for Bankai, it is certainly more powerful, but Naoki's current chakra seems to be insufficient. At a guess, he would need to have a Kage-level amount of chakra to release Bankai.
However, just as Naoki finished testing Senbonzakura's power, a sharp bird cry suddenly rang out from the sky.
Naoki looked up and frowned slightly.
Because the appearance of this messenger bird means that the Third is calling all the Jonin in the village!
"Well, trouble came from an unexpected place!" Naoki shook his head helplessly, remembering the conversations of the villagers that he heard on the road.